Irish provinces Munster and Ulster maintained 100 per cent starts to the 2020/21 PRO14, as Munster won a seventh game in a row - beating Zebre at Thomond Park - and Ulster won their eighth - beating Edinburgh at Murrayfield. The wins sent them to the top of their respective Conferences.
Tuesday 1 December 2020 10:18, UK
Recap Monday's Guinness PRO14 action as Irish duo Munster and Ulster defeated Italy's Zebre and Scotland's Edinburgh respectively...
Damien De Allende, Sean French and Thomas Ahern scored their first Munster tries in a 52-3 Guinness PRO14 pummelling of Zebre at Thomond Park - the province's seventh win in succession.
In addition to a penalty try, Dan Goggin, De Allende and Darren Sweetnam all swept over for converted scores as Munster pocketed their bonus-point to lead 28-3 at the break.
They added four more tries by the finish, as JJ Hanrahan and young guns French, Craig Casey and Ahern each made it over. Paolo Pescetto kicked a lone penalty for the depleted Italians.
John Andrew scored a hat-trick as Ulster brushed off a spirited Edinburgh fightback to claim an ultimately emphatic seven-try victory at Murrayfield.
The visitors were 19 points up inside 24 minutes, but Edinburgh thought they had levelled when Jamie Farndale crossed in dramatic circumstances following the first two tries of Jack Blain's career.
However, Farndale was eventually called offside and Ulster streaked clear in the final quarter.
Edinburgh forward Bill Mata's comeback was interrupted by a spell in the sin bin just after Jordi Murphy crossed for Ulster.
John Cooney claimed his second try and Andrew completed his treble in the closing seconds as Ulster sealed a 43-14 Guinness PRO14 victory.
Ulster's eighth win on the trot sent them top of Conference A.
